About the Authors

S. K. Makkar

Affiliations Poultry Production & Product Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

N. C. Rath

narayan.rath@ars.usda.gov

Affiliation Poultry Production & Product Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

B. Packialakshmi

Affiliation Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Z. Y. Zhou

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Rongchang campus of Southwest University, Rongchang County, China

G. R. Huff

Affiliation Poultry Production & Product Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

A. M. Donoghue

Affiliation Poultry Production & Product Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCR SKM. Performed the experiments: SKM. Analyzed the data: SKM NCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKM BP GH ZYZ. Wrote the paper: SKM NCR. Proof reading of the manuscript: AD.